VICTORVONDOOMX
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Hopefully, none. I hope this thing bombs, and Marvel can get the rights back.
Amen brother amen.
Hopefully, none. I hope this thing bombs, and Marvel can get the rights back.
Robert Steibel said:This months column will run from Thanksgiving through Christmas, and since many of you will be spending time with family and friends, I thought Id do something fun this month. Lets take a look at Fantastic Four Annual # 6, the book featuring the birth of Franklin Richards. My thanks to the owner of the original art in this book, Tod Seisser, for posting several pages from that story at comicartfans.com, and thanks to Tod for recently taking the time to scan a few more images from the book so that I can show them to you here. The Kirby scans at Tods comicartfans page were cleaned up using photoshop so the margin notes have mostly been digitally removed; the image above is from the original artwork without retouching so you can make out Jacks directions for Stan Lee. Unfortunately in a lot of the late-60s art most of the notes were chopped off during production, so all we have are partial-notes like these. I could have titled this column Let There Be Life, but I chose And the Dangers Even Larger because that is what it says in the fragment of Jacks directions underneath the final panel of the story.
Robert Steibel said:Im sure at some point Disney-Marvel will make a 3rd Fantastic Four film, then the inevitable 4. If they make an FF 5 movie, I suggest they use FF Annual # 6 as a template, but give Crystal a bit more action. Let her battle some evil army in the streets of NYC who want to take advantage of Sue Storms condition (Jack might have done that himself if he had 200 pages to work with). No need for Marvel to credit me for that idea, although it would be nice if they credited Jack as a writer on the story since I think weve established beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jack Kirby wrote books like FF Annual # 6 with visuals and directions in the margins, Lee added captions.
Robert Steibel said:FF Annual # 6 is a memorable moment in the history of comics. This book (and much of the art of that era) captures a spirit of hope and optimism that may seem naive today, but back in the late-1960s anything seemed possible and those unlimited possibilities are what artists and readers wanted to explore like Jacks FF exploring the Negative Zone. This book symbolizes the beginning of a new life: Franklin Richards represents the creation of a new generation of comics heroes. But it also marks the end of an era in comics Jack would stop giving Stan Lee new characters he could take credit for creating after this book. Kirby and Lee would fight a kind of cold war over the remaining years of the 1960s, Lee refusing to give Kirby credit and compensation for his role as a writer, Kirby holding out hope he could get a writer credit on his books and promised royalties on his creations from Martin Goodman. After FF Annual # 6, the FF stories are still fun, and the artwork is great, but that long parade of new characters grinds to a halt. Because of that, I think you could argue this story represents the pinnacle of Kirbys Fantastic Four story arc. This is the high point, and Jack may have planned it that way.
FF Annual # 6 is a story about family, friendship, loyalty, sacrifice, and love. I could think of no better story to share with you as we all spend time with family and friends during the holiday season.
God bless us, every one! ― Tiny Tim, from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol (1843)
How about you root for this movie to be a success? At least have an open mind.Hopefully the first one doesn't get made,let alone any sequels.
How about you root for this movie to be a success? At least have an open mind.
I take back my previous comments. Fox doesn't seem to WANT to do a sequel. They seem to want to make money at the box office for FF but have a terrible critical and fan reception combined which will cause them to sell the rights back to Marvel for a massive payday.